The Kish Podcast

Donegal Sinn Fein TD; Pearse Doherty is our guest this week. Pearse speaks openly to Eimear about his upbringing in both Scotland and then Ireland. How he became interested in politics to going on to becoming a founding member of Sinn Féin Republican Youth and served on its national executive. At the 2016 general election, after a redrawing of constituency boundaries, Doherty was elected to the new five-seater Donegal constituency on the 8th count. He topped the poll at the 2020 general election, and was appointed leader of Sinn Féin's negotiations team. Pearse also talks to Eimear about the Insurance Industry in Ireland as well as his thoughts on a possible United Ireland in the future.

Jillian Godsil is a journalist, broadcaster and author living and working in Ireland.  Jillian likes to write about a vast aray of topics including fiction, children's and much more. You can follow Jillian on twitter too @jilliangodsil. 

Eimear chats with Online Fitness & Conditioning Coach David O'Connor.

Niamh Tallon founded the Her Sport website in 2018 with the goals of empowering women in sport, levelling the playing field and increasing participation of women in sport. She talks to The Kish Podcast about all things female participation in sport and future plans for Her Sport.

Derek Cullen is an Adventurer from Ireland. He is best known for taking long distance adventures such as cycling across Africa, hiking the Pacific Crest Trail and Walking Around Ireland. 
He talks to The Kish Podcast about his adventures to date and his plans for the future.

Vicki McGrath is a Dubliner who has had a rough 16 months recently. Vicki speaks to Eimear about her recent "Life Bump"...

In our first episode of 2021 we chat to Steve Griffin. Steve is weeks away from his 30th birthday and has a very inspirational story to tell. At the age of 20 he was diagnosed with testicular cancer, he then went on to join the Gardaí (Irish Police) and started to pile on the pounds due to lifestyle and a bad relationship with food and almost reached 25 stone... After a family holiday Steve and seeing a particular photograph, Steve decided enough was enough and started to sort out his bad relationship with food. Steve tells us his story on this weeks episode of The Kish Podcast.

It's Christmas time, there's no need to be afraid... because Eimear will cast those fears to one side as she takes on 5 adventures of Christmas when she went back home to County Mayo for the festive period. Join us in this adventurous festive edition of the podcast on the roads, beaches and woods of County Mayo.

Tara Foster aka Taraustralis is a "Citizen of the World. Tara is an Australian/American adventurer. She's travelled the world, been to many NASA rocket launches, rode a bike around Ireland and has been a producer of the famous ozzie tv show, Home and Away. Tara has an incredible story to tell and we only probably got through not even half of the exciting things she has done. You can find out more about Tara on her twitter @Taraustralis and her blog taraustralis.com 

Coby Miller is an American track and field athlete, who specialises in the sprint events. He won an Olympic silver medal at the 2004 Athens Games as part of the American 4 x 100 m relay team. At his peak he was regularly ranked among the top ten American sprinters.